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Servants, Not Masters Quaid-e-Azam pointed finger on Army Officer


It was 14th August, 1947. The first Governer-General of Pakistan Muhammad Ali Jinnah was hosting a reception in Karachi to which a large number of people had been invited. Among those present were a few defence service officers. Seeing the Quaid-e-Azam move freely among his guests, these officers moved close to him and, seeing them in uniform, he asked them how they were. Encouraged by his friendly gesture one of the group, Colonel Akbar Khan, later on Rawalpindi conspiracy fame, sought the Quaid-e-Azam's permission to speak. Receiving a nod he began to expound his views on defence policy. In his eloquent discourse, on matters that in a democratic system are properly the concern of a civilian government, he began to advice the Quaid-e-Azam how the defence services should be run. He had not finished what he had to say when Quaid-e-Azam cut him short. Raising his finger and looking Akbar Khan sternly, the Quaid spoke in low delibrate tones:

"Remember that in the military you are the servants of the people. They don't make national politics. We, the civilians, decide these matters, and it is your duty to carry out the tasks entrusted to you"

The Quaid-e-Azam's remarks appeared to have profound effect on those present. But how quickly they were forgetten! Barely four years later, in 1951, Akbar Khan to whom these words had been addressed, attempted a coup to oust the constitutional government of Pakistan and in 1953 General Ayub Khan, the army commander-in-chief, by supporting Ghulam Muhammad's unconstitutional act of dismissing elected Prime Minister and and dissolving the Constituent Assembly, directly in-volved the armed forces in the politics of the country. Once the die had been cast, oneting led to another. In 1954 Ayub Khan was made the Minister of Defence in Muhammad Ali Bogra's Cabinet, a portfolio that had hitherto been with the civilian Prime Minister. It was significant that he insisted on continuing at the same time as fhe commander-in-chief of the Pakistan Army.


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